I have a simple project I would like to construct for my kids but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. My daughter is looking at me and I don't want to look like a fool.
Needless to say I'm new to electronics and going it alone.
Here's what I'm looking to do for her.
The idea is to hit a circuit with a brief jolt of electricity.
Given the amount of electricity that hits... I would like to have an LED flash between 1 to 5 times to indicate how much electricity went through.
I'm assuming that since it will be a brief jolt I will need to store the energy for a moment before it is released into the circuit tp be read, but again... I can't figure out how to do this.
The other option (as opposed to a flashing LED) is to have a series of LEDs or an LED bar graph to make the indication.
Needless to say I'm new to electronics and going it alone.
Here's what I'm looking to do for her.
The idea is to hit a circuit with a brief jolt of electricity.
Given the amount of electricity that hits... I would like to have an LED flash between 1 to 5 times to indicate how much electricity went through.
I'm assuming that since it will be a brief jolt I will need to store the energy for a moment before it is released into the circuit tp be read, but again... I can't figure out how to do this.
The other option (as opposed to a flashing LED) is to have a series of LEDs or an LED bar graph to make the indication.